When it comes to making people's dream come true! second life comes very close to doing it! the idea is simple , you can be whatever you want, look anyway you want and of course do whatever you want! then you can wander the virtual reality world , mingle with people from all over the world , buy , sell , almost everything that you do in your real life !
second life has caught the attention of many! the number of second life users is getting closer to 2 million! from the average users who just want to socialize, to big corporates who want to sell, advertise and test their products and ideas !! the fever has even reached the political community !!! with John Edwards the democratic hopeful launching his own campaign in second life! from his second life HQ! that and other interesting facts makes second life become more like our first "real" life world!!!
or in other words it's our world .... digitized !!!!!!!
being a telecom engineer! I don't believe that anything can replace the physical , face to face contact, it is true that the telecommunication boom helped shorten the distances!! but it can only help when it's too far to make direct contact !!! call me old school but that's what I really believe!!
However, it's seems that this is not were things are going in real life! the internet boom helped people get closer together, but it also helped people get "alternative" lives parallel to their own life!! simple example ? Instant Messaging!
what makes second life different is that it uses the virtual reality idea to create a world that is almost identical to the one we live in!! there is sun , sky , sea , you walk around and meet 3d avatars of people that resembles " or at least, you can assume that!" the real persons behind it, still you talk to the avatars , the second life characters that were created by the fantasies of their owners ! you never reach out for the real person! in second life! almost nobody talks about real life!! john Edwards might be an exempt!!!!
the question is : will we get to the point were almost everyone sits in his room , connects to the internet , logs on to second life and starts his day???? well already we see some people who are "living online" ... but can that happen even more ? it seems that even the chaos of our world will move on and make roots in Second life!!! Caroline McCarthy of CNET news , interviewed the spokeswoman of the Second Life Liberation Army , an "avatar rights" or "virtual rights" group that aims at creating "democracy" in the second life community,
the SLLA members took over the stage at the world economic forum's second life presence and set off atomic bombs of companies there,[1] not real atomic bombs just visual effects!! but that makes you worry! will these organizations make an inverse move into the physical world , or even worse! will terrorism move towards this world!! hopefully not!
can Second Life change the way that people live? does second life replace or compliment our first "real" lives ? tough ones to answer , as for me, I'm happy with my carnal life!! very busy with it , i don't think I'm ready to get another life! virtual or not!
life is beautiful!
references
[1] Caroline McCarthy: "In 'second life', the ring of revolution ?" Cnet news march 5th 2007 http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6163917.html
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